Jimmy Weinert

Jimmy Weinert, born on August 14, 1951 in Middletown, New York, is an American former professional motocross and supercross racer who competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1972 to 1980. He won 22 AMA Nationals and three AMA national championships, taking the 500cc national title for the Kawasaki factory team in 1974 and again in 1975, and the 1976 AMA 250cc Supercross championship. In 1973 he became the first American to beat international-level riders in the Trans-AMA motocross series, a result that helped bring American motocross level with the then dominant European riders. He rode for the United States at the Motocross des Nations in 1972 and again in 1974, when the team finished second. Injuries and a younger generation of riders led him to retire in 1980, and he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999.